Homework #9 Psychology CCC
Jessica believes that she succeeds in high school because she works hard, earned a place on the basketball team because she practices constantly, and cooks well because she takes cooking classes. Julian Rotter would say that Jessica has _______.
an internal locus of control.
Who developed social-cognitive theory?
Albert Bandura
Who believed that our personality traits are influenced by our genetic inheritance?
Hans and Sybil Eysenck
The Thematic Appreciation Test (TAT) is a projective test_____.
In which people presented with ambiguous images.
Dan avoids applying to college because he doubts he can succeed. He is working a retail job, but he tends to focus on the things he does wrong. In fact, he has almost no confidence in his abilities , and when he experiences a setback at work he is ready to quit. Albert Bandura would say Dan has ______.
Low self-efficacy
______ is a state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar.
congruence
The ________ personality is anxious, self-conscious, artistic, thoughtful, quiet, and private.
ectomorph
A(an) ______ locus of control is the belief that our outcomes are outside of our control; an _____ locus of control is the belief that we control our own outcomes.
external; internal
how can parents help their children achieve high congruence?
giving them unconditional love.
______ describes a proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics.
heritability
The _______ approach to the study of personality came about in reaction to the dominance of western approaches to the study of personality in non-western settings.
indigenous
Which statement summarizes the main idea of reciprocal determinism?
our behavior, cognitive processes, and situational context all influence each other.
_______ theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics in ways of behaving.
trait
Which of the following is not of Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory?
Reaction formation
who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality?
Sigmund Freud
